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  SBC Executive Committee elects search committee

  A Rockwall pastor and an East Texas laywoman are on the six-member search committee charged with nominating the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.

  04/19/2018 - By David Roach and Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Interest in Branch Davidian tragedy still strong after 25 years

  The curious keep coming to Mount Carmel, site of the rural complex where David Koresh—leader of an apocalyptic religious sect known as the Branch Davidians—and 75 followers perished in a firestorm on April 19, 1993.

  04/18/2018 - By Bobby Ross Jr. / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: Truett Seminary to open Houston extension

  Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will launch an extension campus in Houston. Howard Payne University’s Symphonic Band will present its 23nd annual American Music Spectacular April 24.

  04/18/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Barbara Gage

  Barbara Gage, a wife and mother to evangelists and partner in their ministries, died April 10 in Houston. She was 82.

  04/18/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• On the Move: Curry and Floyd

  Staff changes noted at churches in Mertzon and Christoval.

  04/18/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Women at Texas WMU annual meeting urged to pursue Christ

  God wants Christians to pursue a close relationship with him to bring others to faith in Christ and to edify all God’s people, speakers stressed at the Woman Missionary Union of Texas annual meeting and missions celebration.

  04/17/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  CLC joins call to observe April as Second Chance Month

  The Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission has partnered with Prison Fellowship and more than 150 other organizations to observe April as Second Chance Month for ex-offenders.

  04/17/2018 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

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  UMHB reports NCAA violations, suspends coach

  The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor reported rule violations to the NCAA regarding benefits provided to two football players and suspended the university’s head football coach.

  04/17/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Sutherland Springs expresses accountability to donors

  Donors supporting First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs after the mass murder of 26 worshippers there can be assured of the church’s integrity in handling donations, the church said in an April 12 open letter.

  04/17/2018 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Third Pressler accuser comes forward

  An attorney in Washington state says he resigned a position working for the longtime law partner of former Judge Paul Pressler after the co-founder of a 20th-century movement to shift the Southern Baptist Convention to the right solicited him for sexual activity.

  04/17/2018 - By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global

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  San Antonio clergy work together for affordable housing

  An initiative in San Antonio has brought together clergy from different faiths to find a solution for affordable housing in a city where 19 percent of residents live at or below the poverty line.

  04/16/2018 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Jimmy Carter talks about his new book, ‘Faith’

  In his 32nd book, titled simply “Faith,” Jimmy Carter looks at how belief in God has shaped his 93 years.

  04/16/2018 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service